Turbulent fluid flow is a persistent challenge in physics and engineering: it disrupts aviation and reduces the efficiency of wind turbines. In the body, disturbed blood flow can even contribute to problems in the circulatory system. Turbulence is also complex and unpredictable, so devising strategies to control it is notoriously difficult. Now, writing in Nature,
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A major outage at Australia’s largest telecommunications company has led to the cancellation of train services, left thousands of customers without mobile coverage and sparked an investigation into unconnected emergency calls. Telstra chief financial officer Michael Ackland apologized for the issue which began at 4.30am local time on Wednesday and affected “some mobile calls and